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Michael was elected a member of the Bar Council with effect from January 2015. He has a particular specialism in Equality and Discrimination Law in his practice which he hopes to put to good use as a member of the committee.

Littleton’s Employment Group has responded to a consultation launched by the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (‘ADGM’) on 6th January 2015. The Board is proposing to establish a statutory framework of employment rights and an Employment Tribunal within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Nicholas was asked to address the lawfulness of an instruction to the employees of a national print distributor in circumstances where moral and security objections were raised as to the distribution of the magazine.

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The Supreme Court refused permission to appeal in the case of Michael William Rodgers v Sunrise Brokers LLP [2015] IRLR 57, in which Michael Duggan QC acted for the successful employer. The Court of Appeal confirmed that it will not always be necessary to pay an employee who refuses to work during his notice period before injunctive relief can be obtained.

The Court of Appeal on 10 February 2015 has handed down judgment in the case of R (Sanneh) v SSWP and others [2015] EWCA Civ 49. These four conjoined appeals concerned the question of whether “Zambrano cares” are entitled to benefits in the UK on the same basis as EU citizens.

On the 5th February 2015 AG delivered his opinion in Little and others v Bluebird UK Bidco 2 Ltd , Rabal Cañas v Nexea Gestión Documental SA and USDAW v Ethel Austin. Whilst the Judgment of the ECJ is now awaited there is considerable cause for employers to find comfort in the reasoning of the AG for the collective redundancy consultation in the UK.

It is eerily still and quiet in most ETs the country over but in the meantime the Coalition Government has something to keep us occupied: a consultation on postponements in the ET. Eleena Misra examines the proposals.

In his monthly column for PLC James Bickford Smith considers again the Supreme Court's judgment in Coventry v Lawrence (No 2) [2014] UKSC 46. James assesses some of the key issues which have been debated since his initial analysis of the decision in October 2014, including the potential uncertainty for current funding arrangements that are not dependent on the Access to Justice Act 1999.

Following the recent first domestic appeal-level decision about workplace social media misconduct, Game Retail Limited v. Laws, in which John acted for the successful Respondent employer, he shares his thoughts on the issue of how clubs and governing bodies appropriately regulate footballers’ use of Twitter and how controversial tweets can affect the player-club employment relationship.

Following the recent first domestic appeal-level decision about workplace social media misconduct, Game Retail Limited v. Laws, in which John acted for the successful Respondent employer, he shares his thoughts on the issue of how clubs and governing bodies appropriately regulate footballers’ use of Twitter and how controversial tweets can affect the player-club employment relationship.